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Interviews
Tyrone McKinley Freeman on the first Black female millionaire and philanthropist
Charlotte Kilpatrick, digital editor at Alliance, had the opportunity recently to catch up Tyrone McKinley Freeman, the newly appointed Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy at the Indiana University Lily School of Philanthropy. His work has …
Donors of Color Network’s Isabelle Leighton on why storytelling is key to justice
Philanthropy always sounds like someone else: that’s the title of a report the Donors of Color Network put out last year, but it’s also a rallying cry for the organisation that convenes funders and networks …
Interview: Alejandro Álvarez von Gustedt, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and co-founder of Latimpacto
During the second edition of Impact Minds, Standing Together: The Value of Meetings to advance in collaboration with Latimpacto on August 29 and 30 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I had the opportunity to interview Alejandro Alvarez …
Interview with Naveen Rao, Senior Vice President, Health Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation has a long history supporting the establishment of modern public health systems in Asia. Hence the presence of Naveen Rao, Senior Vice President of the foundation’s Health Initiative, at the Philanthropy for …
Interview: Dr Gabriel Leung, Executive Director, Charities and Community of The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The third Philanthropy for Better Cities Forum (PBC Forum), convened by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, took place at the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong from 11-12 September, 2023. The two-day …
Interview: Mamadou Biteye, Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation
I met Mamadou in July 2022 in Italy at the first convening of the Global South Impact Community (GSIC). The community is comprised of senior leaders from public, private, and philanthropic institutions across the Global …
Interview: Shahira Ahmed Bazari of Yayasan Hasanah
Since 2021, Yayasan Hasanah, host and partner of this year’s AVPN Global Conference in Kuala Lumpur, has been working to redefine the concept of philanthropy in Malaysia. Hasanah trustee and managing director, Dato’ Shahira Ahmed …
Interview: Cecilia Conrad on working with MacKenzie Scott and the Lever For Change model
MacKenzie Scott has given away over $14 billion to some 1,600 nonprofits since 2019 – a pace of funding unlike any had seen in modern billionaire philanthropy. Up until recently, the process for getting a …
Unleashing philanthropic impulse: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations (SIIOs) and the benefits they bring to the sector. This interview …
Interview: Marina Feffer Oelsner, Co-founder, Generation Pledge
Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work of Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations (SIIOs) and the benefits they bring to the sector. This …
